last night we had went to our church christmas party and had a very fun time. it was themed after polar express and it was all around a great night, even with the fire alarm going off at the beginning! apparently fog machines will set a fire alarm off! who knew! of course, ti guy loved seeing the fire truck pull up! he couldn’t stop talking about the fog machine and the fire truck the rest of the night!!!
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after everything settled down we got to eat lots of yummy soup, salad & freshly made rolls while sipping hot chocolate and listening to the story of the polar express be read. one of my favorite parts of the night was probably watching the little man run around in his new christmas jam jam’s (pajama’s) as all the kids were told they could dress in pj’s. a totally brilliant idea on someone’s part because that meant after the party all the kids were 100% ready to be tucked into bed! brilliant i tell ya!
..and my all time favorite part of the night? my favorite part was how excited titan got to see santa. yes, santa was at our christmas party and the little man was mesmerized. when santa walked in he could barely contain his excitement and he was adamant that he must meet santa. after waiting our turn i sort of expected ti to freak out or change his mind about santa’s coolness, but no. ti was absolutely in awe. he got really quiet and his eyes got really big as santa handed him a bell and then he let out a very quiet, very reverent “santa!”, like he honestly could not believe the big man himself was standing in front of him. cutest. thing. ever!
of course, now for the main reason of this post. you’re probably wondering at this point what all this has to do with pear salad?! well, i volunteered to provide a salad for the party and decided to make the following salad i had read about over at gerberdays. let me just say, this salad is incredible! everyone who tried it was asking me for the recipe and it was definitely a hit all the way around. i’m not normally a fan of my veggies & fruit together, but this salad totally changed my mind! i guarantee anywhere you take this salad this holiday season it will be a success! it is literally that good! i’m am for sure adding this to my list of “go to party foods”. enjoy!
first, you’ll want to start with a super cute bowl! how cute is this bowl and for only $10?!?
then you’ll want to grab your recipe…
“i die” pear salad
dressing:
1 tsp poppy seeds
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
3/4 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground mustard
1/2 small red onion, chopped
blend in the blender until smooth.
salad:
3 large heads of lettuce: red leaf, green leaf, and romaine.
(*really you can use any lettuce. i used one green leaf and one romaine
and that was plenty for 8-10 people*)
3 ripe pears
1 pkg craisins
bleu cheese
sugared almonds:
1 cup sliced or chopped almonds
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
add together in pan. stir on med heat until brown* (watch carefully)…
pour over parchment paper until cool.
* side note here: i actually way over cooked my first batched and had to make another, so you will for sure want to take these off the stove as soon as they all are a golden brown. otherwise you’ll end up with stuff that will break your teeth!
toss everything together, but leave some of the craisins, bleu cheese and almonds to sprinkle on top for presentation & ta da! you’re done!
* quick tip: wait until the last minute to assemble everything! *
the finished product! i’m telling you, there is a reason i retitled it “i die” salad. so ridiculously good!
ps. if you don’t get the “i die” reference, please google rachel zoe.
p.s.s. do me a favor and please type in www.livetobeinspired.com into your browser and see what happens. what? you think that’s what you just typed in? it’s not. what you typed in or came to is www.livetobeinspired.blogspot.com. notice the no blogspot on where i asked you to go!!! so excited about this change. i’m just a tad bit more official now! woo hoo! of course, you can still type in either and it will bring you here, but i just had to announce that i’ve finally gone “.com”!!! doing a little party dance, i’m not going to lie!!! 🙂
I might have to make this for our family Christmas party on Saturday….